(2nd Update)

Ye Kai landed in the Anglo-American Concession, and for 47 years from 1863 to the present, the rule that Chinese troops were not allowed to enter here was broken by Ye Kai in this way, and the crowd erupted in thunderous cheers, congratulating their good governor on his safe return. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This scene stunned the policemen in the patrol room in the distance, their faces were like ashes, no matter how powerful the batons in their hands were, could they stop the soldiers with loaded guns?

"Dashuai!"

Lu Shuangming led 3,000 Praetorian Guards to the concession, which had already changed into a defensive formation and was ready to fight, and in their northwest direction, more than 2,000 British and French troops were marching here.

Lu Shuangming reported in his voice as always: "Dashuai, Cheng Dequan, the governor of Liangjiang, has arrived, bringing more than 1,000 people, saying that he wants to rush to Shanghai and help Dashuai. ”

"Cheng Dequan?" Ye Kai pondered, in his impression, this person was the first governor of the Qing court in the Xinhai Revolution, and he had an extraordinary relationship with the revolutionary party.

"Where's his men?"

"It's already in the French Concession."

"Good! We are stationed outside the British and American concessions, and it happens that the two armies are each other's horns, and the order is to go down, and all the troops are in full array, and do not let the British and French troops approach, but remember that without the order of the Governor, no one is allowed to shoot without authorization, and those who violate it will be punished by military law. Ye Kai commanded.

"Yes"

Lu Shuangming replied loudly, he was originally a big-headed soldier, he saw a lot of this kind of formation, and he was shocked and prepared, and then this is likely to be the beginning of a vicious battle, but the battle is peace, and the time is advancing and retreating, just listen to the words of the commander, he is a soldier, and he just acts according to orders.

"Xiaoguang, you organize people and horses, let the people in the concession disperse, if you really start a battle, I am afraid that innocent people will be harmed, and also, notify the command of the Jiangfang Fleet to block the Shanghai wharf to prevent British and French warships from sneaking up on the hinterland of the Chinese border in the dark night." Ye Kai then commanded.

"Yes!"

Zhang Xiaoguang retreated quickly, the military situation was urgent, and he didn't dare to delay.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from all directions, everyone was busy, Ye Kai looked at his watch, at seven twenty o'clock, the sky had gradually darkened.

All we have to do now is to drag out as much time as possible.

Ye Kai guessed that his behavior of pinching the tiger's whiskers should have reached Beijing at this moment, and Yi-Xuan would inevitably be angry, and then gather a group of officials to discuss countermeasures, perhaps even foreigners will be shocked, the Chinese really dare to send troops, do not hesitate to risk the two countries to open a battle, resolutely challenge the dignity and bottom line of the British Empire and the French government, you know, Dongjiaomin Lane and along the Beijing-Tianjin line, but there are still large garrisons.

Whether Yi-Xuan will give in and agree to Ye Kaiti's request, no one knows that this game of chess is thrilling and dangerous for him.

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In the Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace, and at the emergency meeting of the cabinet, Yi Liang held the first seat high, his face was pale, and he had obviously been angry just now.

"Liangbi is bold, bold!"

Yi slammed the table, and dozens of cabinet officials were shocked in fright.

"What is he going to do! Is there a war with foreigners! Why did he go to war! Is there still the Central Committee in my eyes, and is there still me, the Prime Minister! Now that the British and French troops have entered Shanghai, they understand that it is a deterrent force, although they may not necessarily start a war, but the face is indeed embarrassed, and he, the prime minister, will be embarrassed.

"What Liangbi did this time is really inappropriate..."

The people below began to mumble in a low voice, this matter was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, how did Liangbi anger the foreigners, now it's okay, the war is about to break out, who will clean up the mess, but, in all fairness, some of them admire Ye Kai, change to someone else, who dares to pinch the tiger whiskers of foreigners.

"What the prince said is wrong, the foreigner provoked first, the good governor was just ordered to investigate the case, and asked the foreigner to cooperate, I didn't expect such a small request to be refused, Liangbi This is the responsibility of the governor, how can it be regarded as bold?"

Zai Ze stood up and said, Sheng Xuanhuai followed: "A month ago, the stock tide shook Shanghai and swept the whole country. ”

"Rightfully so? Hmph, Zegong, Lord Sheng, you are still the minister of the government, don't you know that the concession is signed by the contract between the two countries, what authority does he have to enter without authorization, and he also sent troops, what is this for! Isn't this a rebellion? ”

As soon as Yi-Xuan said this, Zai Ze and Sheng Xuanhuai were no longer squeaking, and everyone knew that although the concession was only a corner, it was untouchable by the Qing court.

"Prime Minister, let's settle the matter of the Anglo-French alliance for now, if we wait until the troops meet, it will be too late." At the critical moment, Xu Shichang still raised a pertinent question.

Everyone else was silent.

Half a day later, Yi Liang asked, "Lord Liang, what do foreigners say?" ”

Yi-Liang asked Liang Dunyan to go to Dongjiaomin Lane to meet with foreigners in secret, and discussed how to deal with big things and turn small ones, now that the army is calling, there is no need for me to hold it in my pocket, so I simply put it on the table to talk.

"Foreigners just want a face." Liang Dunyan replied, "But what he said is not easy to do."

"Say it," he said, waving his hand, motioning for him to continue.

"The British said a total of four, publicly apologize, compensate for the damages, recognize the autonomy of the concession, and then severely punish the culprit."

"Tell the foreigners, and they all agree." Yi-劀 said without even thinking about it.

The people below were shocked, "Prime Minister? ”

"Think twice, Prime Minister!"

Yi-Xuan sneered and said: "In order to avoid war between the two countries, now it can only be done like this, these four are actually not a big deal, compared to the Gengzi contract, it is already extremely relaxed, this first article, it is wrong with us, it is understandable to apologize, the second article, we will compensate for the loss of personnel, you think about it, as long as the Anglo-French alliance leaves as soon as possible, the compensation will naturally be less, and the concession, the contract between the two countries was originally written like this, and there is no recognition or non-recognition, as for the first disaster.. Naturally, it will be punished severely! ”

One more day of British and French alliance troops, there will be one more day of negative public opinion, seeing that everyone sitting down can't make up their minds, Yi-Xuan sneered in his heart, it is not you who are the prime minister.

In fact, the cabinet members also know that at this point, they can only sacrifice their egos to avoid catastrophes, and if they wait until they are out of control before agreeing, then the conditions will not be so lenient.

It is not so unacceptable to sacrifice some face in exchange for peace between the two countries, the truth is this, but they didn't expect Yi-Liang to agree so simply.

"The first calamity is."

Inquiries rang out in the crowd, and Yi had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Of course it's Liangbi!" (To be continued.) )